Syzygy: The biggest tides in 18 years

March 16, 2015

“Last year’s super moon produced monster tides, but this year’s two syzygies will generate even bigger ones” If you think syzygy is a Polish sausage you are, I’m afraid, well…

John Muir – Listening for the Spitway Bell Buoy in fog

March 12, 2015

John Muir feels his way in fog down the East Coast In the summer of 1913 and is saved from the shoals by a novice crew’s hearing

The best sail plans for crossing an ocean

March 10, 2015

Sailing across an ocean, there are myriad sail plans to choose from to power you across an ocean. We spoke to six ARC 2014 finishers to find out what works

John Caldwell: Desperate Voyage

February 16, 2015

Stranded in Panama after the war, John Caldwell took a 20ft boat solo across the Pacific in a desperate bid to re-join his new bride in Australia. But first, he…

Thor Heyerdahl: Sailing like an Egyptian

February 9, 2015

Thor Heyerdahl set out to sail the Atlantic in a papyrus boat, its design copied straight from the pyramids of the pharaohs.

Bill Tilman aground in an iceberg alley

February 5, 2015

Running aground in a yacht is never a pleasant experience. To do so off a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago surrounded by icebergs, as Bill Tilman did, can easily…

Me and my boat: Moody 42

January 28, 2015

Many years ago, after sailing several thousand miles in our tiny old 24-footer, my wife and I returned to Blighty to look for a new boat with enough room for…